After the success of GEOSAT’s Exact Repeat Mission (ERM), in February 1998 the U.S. Navy launched the mini-satellite GEOSAT Follow-On (GFO). The mission had the same mission objectives as GEOSAT’s ERM, as well as its orbit configuration and ground track (for further details please refer to GEOSAT page).
Agency | US Navy |
Launch date | 1998-02-10 |
EOL date | 2008-11-25 |
Data Version | GDR |
Repeat cycle | 17 days |
Semi major axis | 7166400 m |
Eccentricity | 0.0008 |
Inclination | 108.04 ° |
Start of phase | 2000-01-07 |
End of phase | 2008-09-01 |
Revolutions | 244 |
List of cycles | Link |